Officials said on Jan. 1 at about 2:15 p.m., the California Highway Patrol responded to a crash on Simpson Lane at Simpson Dantoni Road in Yuba County.

According to CHP, Angela Faulkner was a passenger in one of the vehicles involved in the crash and was thrown from the car. She later died from her injuries.

The CHP's investigation determined that the collision was a hit-and-run and that Larry Kendall Smith, 26, was the driver, officials said.

Officers tried unsuccessfully to find Smith. Search warrants were issued for him following the incident.

On Feb. 13, Marysville police and the Sutter County Probation Department arrested Smith just before 6:30 p.m. at a home on East 11th Street in Marysville on charges of vehicular manslaughter, felony hit and run and driving on a suspended driver's license, according to officers.

Officials said Smith received additional charges from the Marysville Police Department during this arrest.

Wanita J. Smith was also taken into custody at the home as an accessory to a crime, officers said.